The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-21
HILL ON POLITICS.
The New York Governor Tells Story
of Tilden.
From tbe Ne,, Vo,,l. T,.jb,

From the Ne,o York Tribune.
Governor, do you enjoy the game of
70 ticsp
Intensely 1t is exceedingly fascinating
to me- The very things that make it wear
ing and exciting make it delightful. have
always enjoyed politics; though | haven't
always SO much enjoyed the fortunes of the
game, if you choose thus to designate it, In
politics as in war, victory is not always to
the strong. The man who has the best of
the argument, whose principles and motives
are best, does not always win the most votes.
Eternal vigilance is the price of success in
politics. A man must not think OF his own
contentmentn
''Do you mean of his own personal COM
fort Governors"
The Governor smiled, and the crank that
turns on his cold began to work again, but
he finally replied: Perhaps we won't use
Just that phrase. | mean it is not bed of
roses. A man must not rest for sleep or
food He must keep at it. On one side of
him is-a crowd of men pulling HIM down,
digging tunnel under him. They begin to
dig far off out of his sight. IL he doesn't
look sharp the ground viii soon begin to
tumble around him, and he'll find himself
entombed before he knows what caused his
fall. On the other side are his friends try
ing to pull him up Sometimes a mans
friends DO him more harm than his foes.
Politics is a great science, but 1t takes a
mans entire faculties to understand 1T well.
'What do you think of the situation for
1SSSin
The governors cold became alarmingly
severe but he managed to reply that he
never poached on another mans preserves.
swell, then, of the situation in New
York; s... .....
ut is quiet, but we have the advantage"
as there much friction in youNparty"
ttNa,.x, 1ittla I mayor knpy thH rival
CARNATIONS in New York city so calm and
fraternal If they have any jsalousieS and
troubles they keep them to themselves and
do not longer thrust them into State and
national politics to the peril of the common
cause. Ihave never had the slightest diff
Guilty down there. The Senator's and As
semblymen when they come here sustain
each other so that you couldn't possibly tell
q County Democracy from a Tanmany man.
The situation almost bellies something once
heard Mr. Tilden say. Did you ever hear
the old mans reflections on harmony in
politics"
mot that remember"
"Well, one day in the early part OF 1850
and before the national conventions, while
there was a great deal of talk for and against
sthe old ticket / was down in New Y DIRK with
a friend of mine from Elmira. He had never
met Mr.. Tilden whom he justly regarded as
q very great man, and he besought me TO
prcScut MN TO the sage % DOoh mn
around to the house in Gramercy Park, and
we sort in our cards. Presently we felt
rather than heard that soft cat-lilSe rustic
which betokened the old mans approach.
] went forward with my friend and pre-
sentel him. Mr.. Tilden looked him over
and then quietly squatted down in his chair.
He didn't ask us to be seated, for conf
dentially speaking, the old mans manners
never were his strong point. But his sitting
was signal for us TO do the same. MY
friend thought, of course, that he must
show off his acute knowledge OF the sittia-
ton, and so he began: ,,
"What a pity ii is, Mr.. Tildea, that we
can't have more harmony in our partyP
1.-THE sage looked at my friend almost CON
temptuously Then he family said; DO
you expect harmony in peliticsF
f" Why, yes, to an extent at least
"The old man hitched his chair up closer,
thrust his mouth 60 my friends ear, and
whispered ra
aYou might as well look for peace in
h-lpn ID.